Aid Group: Over 1 Million in Mosul Face 'Grave Danger'

On Wednesday, as poor weather bogged down forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, an aid agency warned that civilians there are in great danger as the battle for the city intensifies. "We are now bracing ourselves for the worst," said the Norwegian Refugee Council's Wolfgang Gressmann.  "The lives of 1.2 million civilians are in grave danger, and the future of all of Iraq is now in the balance." The group said thousands of civilians have...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - mercredi 2 novembre 2016